By: Paul Panchyshyn

Paul Panchyshyn — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:11:14 +0000

Eesh, Brodbeck is really not worth reading. I remember responding to a column (and having it published in the sun with a pithy comment of “that’s what you think”) many years ago that took to task Brodbeck’s assertion that the City of Winnipeg was spending too much money funding libraries instead of dealing with “real issues” like road repair and crime. Brodbeck even pontificated: “read the survey Mayor Murray, people don’t care about libraries.” He quoted a survey that said libraries were “third” on the list of priorities taxpayers listed as essential services: fighting crime and road repair were numbers one and two. I personally couldn’t believe how high libraries scored given that signing out books for reading is rarely a “top of mind issue” and certainly not one covered in the media, so hurray for libraries, clearly the winner in the city survey and worthy of far more support than what they have been getting. Of course, that is, unless you’re Brodbeck who really doesn’t care that literacy is a socially significant public expenditure.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:34:37 +0000

I find it ironic that such misinformation about the role of public relations comes from a guy who is sworn to fight spin. So who’s spinning the story here?

By: Tricia

Tricia — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:34:43 +0000

Well said as always Adam. It’s easy to attack the PR folks. It’s all-to-often seen as the department that is expendable.

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